Test 1 · ★★ · When the story falls apart
Dad: «Three suspects for one cookie. Very impressive.» Is he really impressed?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: be
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 431 «When the story falls apart» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: Dad: «Three suspects for one cookie.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 suspects | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 suspects | punct |
| 4 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 suspects | nummod |
| 5 | suspects | suspect | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Dad | parataxis |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 cookie | case |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 cookie | nummod |
| 8 | cookie | cookie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 suspects | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Dad | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Very impressive.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Very | very | ADV | _ | 2 impressive | advmod |
| 2 | impressive | impressive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 impressive | punct |
| 4 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 impressive | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Is he really impressed?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 impressed | cop |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 impressed | nsubj |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 impressed | advmod |
| 4 | impressed | impressed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 impressed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | impressed property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, he thinks the dog did it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 thinks | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thinks | nsubj |
| 4 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dog | det |
| 6 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 did | nsubj |
| 7 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 thinks | ccomp |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 did | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | he | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | do | past | the dog | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 2
No, he's furious and shouting at all three
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 furious | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 furious | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 furious | cop |
| 5 | furious | furious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 shouting | cc |
| 7 | shouting | shout | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 furious | conj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 three | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 three | det |
| 10 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 shouting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | furious property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | gerund | he not said here | all three | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, he's joking because the story keeps changing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 joking | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 joking | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 joking | aux |
| 5 | joking | joke | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 keeps | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 story | det |
| 8 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 keeps | nsubj |
| 9 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 joking | advcl |
| 10 | changing | change | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 keeps | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | joke speech: other | present · progressive | he | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | keep | present | the story | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | change | gerund | the story not said here | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Yes, he loves a good story with lots of suspects
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 loves | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 loves | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 loves | nsubj |
| 4 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 story | det |
| 6 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 story | amod |
| 7 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 loves | obj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 lots | case |
| 9 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 story | nmod |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 suspects | case |
| 11 | suspects | suspect | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 lots | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | he | a good story | with lots of suspects | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus |
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